Post by Vermin King on Oct 28, 2015 10:24:07 GMT -9

I suppose they could be 'Wilhelm' goats...

Is anyone going to do a chariot driver? I think I could do a harness for the goats. On my build, I made a spacer for between the goats that the chariot tongue sits on. I should probably put that in the file.

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Post by Vermin King on Oct 30, 2015 16:03:52 GMT -9

This is where I am at. Goats now have chest plates from Mesper and a rather plain harness. The little piece is the spacer I used between the goats to rest the chariot tongue on. I glued it to the front legs at a height I thought was 'about right'

If we had a driver, this would be ready for the horde

There are no strangers in this world,only people I haven't embarrassed ... yet!

Post by mproteau on Oct 30, 2015 17:00:04 GMT -9

Want some help with layout (to simplify cutting and assembling, and to make cutfiles)? That image doesn't appear to be 300dpi... Not sure if I could get right onto helping out, but certainly I would do what I could.

Post by mesper on Oct 31, 2015 2:23:09 GMT -9

Big/extended harness - test version based on Vermin King simplified one.

Some details like stitches are too small, so almost invincible invisible after rescaling...The "central" or "internal" part of harness could be added as modding element with various colours - so could be changed according to dwarven driver clan colours (ie. cape, shield, banner colours).

Then not sure but I think that gold/bronze metal parts / buckles might look better (or at least more "dwarvish" style)?

(BTW got some idea for chariot driver, will post some preliminary version later perhaps)

Post by mesper on Oct 31, 2015 14:27:52 GMT -9

Very first attempt...

Dwarven chariot driver - Master Chief, Champion or just trumpeter?

Despite some obvious sketch issues/errors - IMHO too much details here (in comparison with Chariot and Goat), then to maintain art-style still some more details are needed here and there...So I'm considering kinda shortcut solution, which is covering torso with a shield - as a bonus it would be definitely easier and faster to colour/texturise:)

Post by mesper on Nov 13, 2015 17:17:10 GMT -9

Well, there are some obvious mistakes visible: like lack of B-side thumb, then exactly the same A-B tunic borderings and folds(still some small/not important details are OK, vide runic signs on tunic border:)

Then actually I think that boots might remain the same for both A and B side (OK, with some minor straps variations perhaps)Additionally some slight changes/additions could be made in order to distinguish A-B sides (like some small helmet and horn changes?)

Post by mesper on Dec 2, 2015 18:09:32 GMT -9

Step by step (so slooowly:)...

Basic A-B sides done (still some more shadow/light/texture details should be added here and there)However not convinced yet: with or without a shield (so just to prove that laziness is not the major factor /at least in this particular case/ you can see coloured and textured figurine behind the shield's "placeholder"

Post by Vermin King on Dec 2, 2015 18:31:42 GMT -9

Totally not a historical comment, but in movies (which are always full of inaccuracies), and in History Channel programs (only slightly more factual) in a chariot, you may see a rider with a shield slung across his back, but I don't remember seeing a rider with a shield on his arm. Generally in those shows, you don't see a shield at all.

That's not to say that real chariot riders didn't carry a shield.

Just a comment, right or wrong

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Post by mesper on Dec 9, 2015 15:45:09 GMT -9

Shoutbox

cowboyleland: Now I have seen it. It doesn't advance our hobby, but anyone with half a brain who wanted 2nd rate figures could easily figure this out for themselves so I guess he isn't doing any harm.Mar 19, 2019 17:53:59 GMT -9

berneart76: well, this is fun, (not) transferring all my papercrafting sets into the cloud. The stuff I got from DriveTrhruRPG was simple with their library desktop app,but my other stuff, sometimes with multiple duplicate copies is entertaining.Mar 1, 2019 15:44:32 GMT -9

berneart76: Vermin King I usually use a mix of drybrush/watercolor/photocopy and occasionally posterizing at different levels of opacity.Feb 26, 2019 20:46:54 GMT -9

berneart76: Vermin King, that's similar to the enhancing that I do on my texturing. I've found that sometimes I need to scale up or scale down the image (usually by 50 or 25 percent down or 200 or 300 percent up) to make get the enhancements to look "right"Feb 26, 2019 20:44:53 GMT -9

Vermin King: On the zebras, I did multiple enhancements and cartoon filters and used them at 100%, and they still didn't look that different than the photosFeb 26, 2019 12:27:26 GMT -9

Vermin King: When I make a figure or terrain piece based on a photo, I clean it up and align things to look 'right', then I create another layer and do enhancing and cartoonizing on it. I then adjust opacity over the photo image until it looks good. On the zebras, Feb 26, 2019 12:26:35 GMT -9

Vermin King: berneart76, do you mean giving them green or purple manes and tails? and a few piercings? maybe a cig hanging out of their mouths?Feb 26, 2019 12:24:18 GMT -9

Vermin King: And due to the snow, I'm off tonight. I am going to miss the cash on the paycheck, but I'm glad they want their employees to be safeFeb 15, 2019 10:52:24 GMT -9

ignatious: Actually I was referring to the two previous posts. I was trying to be subtle in order to sublimate the crassness. Read them again, but in Mel Brooks voice while he is winking, and nudging the person to his right.Feb 9, 2019 13:38:11 GMT -9

cowboyleland: We hadn't had snow for a few days. Last night the plow came down my street and did nothing but fill every ones driveways back in. Just for practice, I guess.Feb 8, 2019 7:48:16 GMT -9

Vermin King: In KC we had an ice storm (with thunder sleet) the other night. Left things drivable, but last night the plow came down my street. They took all the rough edges off. Might as well have ran a Zamboni...Feb 8, 2019 6:42:32 GMT -9